Re: DESC

Start a psql session on the db you want and type \d <table name> and this
will describe the table for you.  You should also type \? for more options
under psql.

Thanks.

Rynell Wesson

On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Mike Castle wrote:

> 
> Not just a pgsql novice, but an SQL novice in general.
> 
> Is there an equivalent for the SQL command DESC for listing the columns
> and their various types?  (I've played around with Oracle's sqlplus stuff
> a very little bit and this is command existed there and from I've seen
> so far, should be an ANSI standard.)
> 
> I looked through the email archives and didn't see anything.
> 
> Oh, dear.  I just went to check again, and off of the User's Lounge, the
> General Information link (http://www.postgresql.org/gen-info.html) just
> gave me a 404 error.  Someone reorganizing?
> 
> Anyway, I've pondered writing such a thing, and decided to look at how
> pg_dump figures things out and quickly decided to ask first.
> 
> Thanks,
> mrc
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